Weather-strip



7 (No Model.)

B. E. GILLETT.

WEATHERSTRIP Patented Mar. 25

I No. 295,537

mifleasesf UNITED TATES PATENT Fines.

EUGENE E. GILLETT, OF WESTERN UNION, WISCONSIN.

WEATHER-STRIP.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,537, dated March25, 1884,

Application filed August 2'7, 1883.

Western Union, in the county of Racine, and

clear up to the bottom of groove.

in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Doorlhreshold Guards; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. l i

My invention relates to threshold-guards, and will be fully describedhereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of lower part ofdoor,with movable threshold-guard. Fig. 2 is a cross'section of same online 00 m of Fig. -1; and Figs. 3 and4t are also vertical sections ofpart of door,showin g modifications.

A is the door, which has a deep groove, A, formed along the underside ofits bottom rail, for the movable threshold-guard B, which is hung in thesame by two links, D and E, swinging on their respective pins, a and dand a and e, in notches b and 1), formed in upper edge of saidthreshold-guard B. Corresponding notches are also formed in bottom ofgroove of bottom rail of door, to allow of said links D and E raisingthe threshold-guard Elbow-link D, on the hanging side of door, has itsupper end extended and bent outward to press against free end of flatspring F,.which has its head fixed by screws in edge ofdoor, said doorbeing also provided withlan irregular groove to allow said spring F totake its natural bend, (shown in dotted lines,) whereby the t-hreslnoldguard is raised from the floor.

Gis a flat piece of metal fastened to the door-jamb O, and against whichthe movable threshold-guard is made to slide in its up-anddown motion.

B" is a cushion of india-rubber, or of any other compressible material,designed to hermetically close the door under, its movablethreshold-guard. In Fig. 3 is shown the arrangement of a weight, F, toraise the threshold-guard, while in Fig. 4 a spiral spring, F, 1ssubstituted for the same purpose. As is obvious, the moment a doorprovide wlth my automatic or movable thresholdguard commencesto open,the spiral or fiat (No model.)

spring or weight F, as the case may be, forces the threshold-guard B toswing back on its linksD and E against the door-jamb,sliding up as thedoor continues to open, along the fiat piece G onsaid door-j amb,thesaid guard gradually sliding down on said fiat piece Gr when the dooris closing, until its cushion B is pressed against the floor at themoment the door is fully closed.

A great advantage which ensues from the use of my movablethreshold-guard is that there is no necessity for using an elevatedthreshold-strip of wood to keep out air and dust, which was alwaysobjectionable, notably in doors between communicating rooms, where acontinuous piece of carpeting went over the said strip, as the extraheight of the carpet above the strip interfered with the closing of thedoor and was subject to undue wear at that point. Again, by reason ofsuch strip, sweeping out a room into a hall or outdoors was rcnderedmore difiicult, and yet, if there was no provision to exclude air ordust there would be a space below the door, making the rooms cold anddirty. All thisis obviated by my improved device, and such opening isalways automatically and hermetically closed whenever the door is shut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is H In combination with a door providedwithalongitudinal eentralslot or groove, A, formed in the under side of itslower edge, and a plainsurl'ace door-jamb, the guard 13, suspended bysuitable links within the groove A, and with its end directly engagingthe said plain jamb, and the elbow-lever D, wholly incloscd and adaptedto operate in the groove of the door, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, onthis 16th day of May, 1883, in the presence of two witnesses.

